Elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1901)
White, Charles J · New York: J. Wiley & sons · leaf 128
e nodes. As themoon moves on, the sun is continually drawing it down to theecliptie, and it will hence meet the ecliptic, not at N, but at N\The same effect will be seen at every other position of the moonin its orbit, with only the exceptions already mentioned. 130. Change in the Obliquity of the… … 122 ORBIT OP THE MOON. quity of the plane of the moons orbit is therefore increased atthe moon approaches the node. It may be shown in the same waythat the obliquity is diminished as the moon recedes from the node.The extreme limits which this angle attains are 5° 20 6 and4° 57 22. 131. Elliptical…
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